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BookFest 2009 Goodies

 
I’m really utterly frustrated today. It’s a small matter but i’m in a bad mood ever since this morning. I thought when i left that bank i’ll be rid of all the bad feng shui but it still haunts me apparently. I wonder if the same situation arised with another financial company i’ll be as short tempered as i am now. I think not.

I’ve dealt with enough problems that this bank had gave me and if it’s not because of my installment warrant a local card i would definitely had terminated all facilities with this company. Argh… as i said it’s a small matter, all i wanted was an explanation on why i’m charged an annual fees when my card is a free for life card with no terms and conditions whatsoever and also to reactivate my online account. So hard meh?! Yeah i know your system always down because i used to work there and i know you won’t get back to me until weeks later when it’s already useless or i’ve already forgotten. Really. Humpf!

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Ok let’s talk about happy things now because i need happy thoughts.

I really Finally bought the Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Pothead.. oops i mean Harry Potter books set from the BookFest at convention centre. I’ve been eyeing it for ages and i’m glad i waited for this festival because it’s on sale!
 

narnia and harry potter sets
Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter set
 

The Narnia set is gorgeous hard cover and the Harry Potter set comes in a box :).

Yup i’m a really happy girl when i teared open the wrappings after i got home.
 

narnia and harry potter book sets
Narnia and harry potter books
 

This year’s BookFest was better than the last years’ because they have more English books and it’s much more organized. However, Mr. Bf begs to differ because he couldn’t find any Chinese books worth reading. Too bad for him haha.
 

china stamp and story book
Water Margin
 

Nonetheless, he was grinning from ear to ear after purchasing a RM160 China story book cum stamp book. Geek!

There’s a section of the hall selling China stamps mainly and he found this particular one that’s supposed to be a limited collection.
 

water margin
Water margin illustrated and stamp
 

It’s a book with the chinese history of Water Margin and stamps to commemorate this event.

This particular stamp (below) was published on 1987. It’s supposed to be worth RM80 itself.
 

water margin stamp
Published on 1987
 

I’m really not bothered about China stamps really. I don’t know how to appreciate all those stuff haha.
 
 

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Get Smart, Nanny but mostly Wanted

 
Still have not watch Kung Fu Panda. Gawd it’s so difficult when everyone else too wants to watch the chubby panda doing the kung fu dance. Come on, move over and let me get a peek eye. It better still be on cinema this coming weekend. I hate reserving tickets.

Here are the movies i ended up watching. Beware this is a long one.

Get Smart

It’s a film adaptation of a 1960s spy parody TV series by the same name. Anne Hathaway is hot. Not the conventional beauty but she’s hot. Love her. Hate Steve Carell. He’s like an annoying bug i wish he’d get squashed.
 


Get Smart
 

The movie is not so bad if you can numb your brain circuit a little. The movie tagline “Saving The World. And Loving It” is perfect coz both secret agents (Hathaway and Carell) seems to be enjoying their mission immensely despite the idiotic ridiculous dangers involved.

By the way, i’m beginning to really appreciate Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock.

Nanny Diaries
 


The Nanny Diaries
 

Scarlett Johansson is so meaty chubby in the movie. She plays the nanny to a small boy from an elite family. The story tells of her everyday disaster being a nanny. She’s great but the movie is so miserably dull and boring. I almost walked out after the first half of the show.

Wanted

Wow! This is one complicated movie. Not because of the plot but because i have mix feelings about this show.
 


 

Wanted
 

First of all, i love watching James McAvoy ever since i’ve watched Atonement. He’s the lead in Wanted and that’s the reason i bought the tickets. I was a little confused because in Atonement, he had a very heavy Scottish accent but in Wanted he’s all American. He, by the way is from Glasgow, Scotland.
 


Mr. Tumnus

If you didn’t know he is also Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. *way cool!

Note to myself: To dig out ALL of James McAvoy’s movies.

Wanted tells a tale of Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy), an accountant living a boring humdrum life and everyone loves to bully him because he’s weak. He suffers from severe anxiety attacks. I’m not going to spoil it for you so all i’ll say is Wesley later met with Fox (Angelina Jolie) and later in turn of events he turned into an A class assassin.

The cinematography is something different. The camera wizardry is wonderful. Bravo! I think i had anxiety attack watching Wesley (McAvoy) having his anxiety episodes. It made me really dizzy on the first quarter of the show. And who would have thought that a curved bullet would look that good on the screen.


Foxy lady
 

However the story line is unbelievable and really… erm… cheesy and… erm… if i may, stupid. Angelina Jolie is… well… Angelina Jolie. She’s the hot wall flower. I think her lines were not more than 20 in the movie. All she did was play demure, pout and raise her eyebrows. McAvoy on the other hand gave a blardy good performance. He surprisingly kicks arse in action movies. Loved the scene where he burst into the Fraternity G.I Joe-mode with 2 guns in is hands.
 


Kick arse
 

Nevertheless, it’s worth a watch coz the movie have some darn memorable lines. You’ve got to watch it to know what i mean. I think you’ll love the part where he told his woman boss to f*ck herself. And oh, you’ve got to watch out for the closing speech by Wesley (McAvoy). Something that goes like “I took control of my life… what did you do?”. It’s definitely a wake up call.
 
 

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